Definition of "aped" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of ape. (verb)

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• "Totalitarianism is a subset of tyranny, and a rather small and rigidly definable subset; and all of its essential defining qualities are either inventions of the extreme Left, or aped from the extreme Left by liberty-hating nationalists."
• "The slick populism of the CSI franchise has been repeatedly aped in shows like Spooks, Hustle and Silent Witness."
• "Like the spurious bonus culture, fat cat pensions were aped by the public sector's senior managers."